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Sri Lanka's population is aging faster than any other nation in South Asia and has the fifth highest rapidly growing population of older people in Asia after China, Thailand, South Korea and Japan. [16] [17] [18] In 2015, Sri Lanka's population aged over 60 was 13.9%, by 2030 this will increase to 21% and by 2050 this number will reach 27.4%.
The Census of Sri Lanka is a census held by the Department of Census and Statistics of the Government of Sri Lanka, traditionally taking place every 10 years. The first census of Sri Lanka was taken in 1871, making it the first country in South Asia to conduct a census. The most recent census took place in 2023, that followed the census in 2012 ...
In November 2021, Sri Lanka abandoned its plan to become the world's first organic ... Sri Lanka's population, (1871–2001) Sri Lanka has roughly 22,156,000 people ...
This is a list of Asian countries and dependencies by population in Asia, ... 1 Jul 2021 [14] 12 Myanmar: 1.1% ... 1 Jul 2021 [31] 25 Sri Lanka: 0.5%: 21,893,579:
92.5%. 2018. 90. 171. Central Bank of Sri Lanka [ 9] Net migration rate. -4.6 (per 1,000 population) 2015-2020.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 September 2024. World map representing Human Development Index categories (based on 2022 data, published in 2024) Very high (≥ 0.800) High (0.700–0.799) Medium (0.550–0.699) Low (≤ 0.549) Data unavailable World map of countries or territories by Human Development Index scores in increments of ...
Sri Lanka is officially a Buddhist country, while Sri Lankans practice a variety of religions. As of the 2012 census, 70.2% of Sri Lankans were Buddhists, 12.6% were Hindus, 9.7% were Muslims (mainly Sunni), 7.4% were Christians (mostly Catholics). [ 2 ][ 3 ] Buddhism is declared as the State religion of Sri Lanka and has been given special ...
In 2019 with an income per capita of 13,620 PPP Dollars [34] or 3,852 (2019) nominal US dollars, [35] [36] Sri Lanka was re-classified as a lower middle income nation with the population around 22 million (2021) [37] by the World Bank from a previous upper middle income status.